The Rich Man's Life Begins with a Comeback

Chapter 309 Medicine Boosts Food's Power, Food Aids Medicine's Might (4k)

In the spacious and brightly lit conference room, Gu Heng stood at the front, speaking eloquently, his every gesture radiating confidence.

Bai Muqing sat at the very back and raised her hand to push up her silver-rimmed glasses.

In the field of scientific research, she is a prodigy.

However, she knew absolutely nothing about the business world.

Seeing that Gu Heng's meeting was unlikely to end anytime soon, Bai Muqing took out her notebook from her canvas bag and continued working on the experimental summary she hadn't finished writing during the day.

When it comes to her area of ​​expertise, she quickly becomes focused.

A few strands of hair fell down, adding an extra touch of atmosphere to Bai Muqing's already extremely beautiful profile.

However, this state of focus did not last long.

Bai Muqing originally held the book pages with her left hand and wrote the experimental summary with her right hand. However, as time went by, her left hand, which was originally on the book pages, quietly slipped down to her lower abdomen.

As the pain intensified, Bai Muqing frowned slightly and had no choice but to put down the pen in her hand. She turned around, grabbed the canvas bag, and began searching through it, but found nothing.

"Oops……"

"I forgot to prepare some more after we finished using the ibuprofen last time."

Bai Muqing sighed softly. Considering her situation, she put the canvas bag back beside her and decided to endure it a little longer, hoping that the pain would subside on its own soon.

After making her decision, she picked up her pen again and gently massaged her lower abdomen with her left hand, trying to relieve the pain slightly.

However, sometimes, the more one harbors wishful thinking, the further away that wishful thinking becomes.

Bai Muqing harbored a glimmer of hope, thinking that if she could just endure it, the pain might subside soon. However, she never expected that the pain would not only be extremely prolonged but would also intensify.

At first, when she first felt the pain, she was still able to maintain an upright posture, but now, due to the intense pain, her body was completely slumped on the table, and her right hand, which was holding the ballpoint pen, was clenched into a fist.

"tread……"

"Ta Tata..."

Amidst the intense pain, Bai Muqing felt as if footsteps were approaching her from ahead, but she no longer had the strength to lift her head.

"Teacher Bai?"

"Teacher Bai, what's wrong?"

As the footsteps drew closer, Gu Heng's familiar voice rang in her ears.

Bai Muqing only managed to lift her head with the last of her strength after hearing Gu Heng's voice.

A pale face, covered in cold sweat.

Gu Heng, who had just finished a meeting, saw Bai Muqing looking like this and immediately reached out to test the temperature of Bai Muqing's face.

"It's not very hot."

Gu Heng touched Bai Muqing's face, then touched his own face, feeling that there was no difference between the two: "Teacher Bai, where do you feel unwell? I'll send someone to call an ambulance right now and take you to the hospital."

"Don't……"

Upon hearing Gu Heng's plan, Bai Muqing instinctively raised her left hand, which had been covering her lower abdomen, and grabbed Gu Heng's wrist.

This sudden, large movement aggravated Bai Muqing's already intense pain, causing her to tighten her grip on Gu Heng's wrist.

"I……"

"I'm fine."

"It's been a problem for years."

"Just send someone to buy me a box of ibuprofen."

Bai Muqing said weakly.

At this moment, the stray hairs that had been scattered on her temples and forehead were now completely soaked with the cold sweat she had just shed from the pain. Her oval face, which was full of classical Eastern beauty, looked as pale as paper, and her silver-rimmed glasses were half-perched on her nose. Her delicate image was completely different from the aloof and intellectual demeanor she had previously presented to Gu Heng.

"Ibuprofen?"

When Gu Heng heard Bai Muqing say that, and then thought about where Bai Muqing had just covered with her left hand, he suddenly seemed to understand something: "Teacher Bai, are you having menstrual cramps?"

When Gu Heng pointed out the truth, a blush quietly appeared on Bai Muqing's pale, beautiful face.

"I always carry my medicine with me, but I forgot to bring it today."

Bai Muqing answered in a low voice, which was tantamount to acknowledging Gu Heng's guess.

"You used to take ibuprofen?"

Gu Heng could clearly feel Bai Muqing's left hand gripping his wrist; her palm was covered in slippery sweat, which showed just how severe Bai Muqing's menstrual cramps were.

"I've seen a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, but it didn't work..."

Bai Muqing's voice was very weak and feeble, which made people feel inexplicably sorry for her.

"Stop taking ibuprofen."

"Hang in there a little longer, I'll take you somewhere."

As Gu Heng spoke, he picked up the notebook that Bai Muqing had placed on the table, then helped her lift her canvas bag and helped her up.

"Where to go?"

Bai Muqing felt as if her feet were walking on cotton, and she looked at Gu Heng with a hint of confusion in her eyes.

"Go to a place that can cure your illness."

Faced with Bai Muqing's limp and powerless body, Gu Heng had no choice but to extend an arm and gently support Bai Muqing's waist.

The weather was cold a while ago.

Bai Muqing came to teach Gu Heng a lesson. Even after taking off her bulky down jacket, she was wearing either a thick knit sweater or a loose fleece-lined sweatshirt underneath, all of which were clothes that didn't really show off her figure.

Even after the weather warmed up, Bai Muqing remained the same.

Only now, after Gu Heng gently wrapped his arms around Bai Muqing's waist, did he realize just how slender Bai Muqing's waist was, and how incredibly elastic it possessed.

As Bai Muqing supported Gu Heng, she felt the warmth emanating from his large hand resting on her waist, and her heart began to beat faster.

As a genius female student, Bai Muqing has had countless suitors since she grew up, including many outstanding boys who excelled in various aspects. However, she has always remained indifferent to all of them.

It's not that she has high standards, nor that she has great ambitions.

She simply doesn't have that need.

On her academic journey, her eyes were only on scientific research.

Compared to the joy and satisfaction of seeking knowledge, romantic feelings would only affect the speed of her experiments. Adhering to this mindset, Bai Muqing has hardly interacted with any men along the way, let alone had any physical contact.

In this situation, her somewhat intimate actions with Gu Heng made her feel a little helpless, and her originally cool and intellectual beautiful face inexplicably showed a bit of naivety.

"Prepare the car."

"Notify the Zhenyuan Shanfang Satellite Plaza store that I need to go there now."

Gu Heng helped Bai Muqing out of the conference room and gave instructions to Zhong Hua.

"Yes."

Zhong Hua responded and immediately carried out Gu Heng's instructions.

What kind of place is 【Zhenyuan Restaurant】?

A hint of confusion flashed in Bai Muqing's beautiful eyes.

"【Zhenyuan Shanfang】is a newly created medicinal cuisine brand of our group. We deeply integrate traditional Chinese medicine theory with modern nutrition science, and strive to greatly improve or even completely cure many sub-health problems that are common in modern society through the dietary concept of 'medicine borrowing the power of food and food assisting the power of medicine'."

As Gu Heng helped Bai Muqing walk out of the group headquarters, he explained to her, "The menstrual cramps that have been bothering you for so long are the area of ​​expertise that [Zhenyuan Diet House] currently specializes in."

"Is it really that effective?" Bai Muqing couldn't help but be a little skeptical. She and her sister had been troubled by menstrual cramps for more than ten years. Their parents had taken them to seek medical treatment everywhere, but after going around in circles, they finally found that ibuprofen was the most effective.

Although it only treats the symptoms and not the root cause, somewhat like drinking poison to quench thirst, at least ibuprofen is quite effective in relieving pain, which is much better than those strange but useless folk remedies.

Now that Gu Heng tells her that medicinal diet alone can greatly alleviate or even completely cure her menstrual cramps, it is indeed difficult for her not to remain skeptical.

"You'll know after you try it."

Gu Heng smiled at Bai Muqing: "Your mentor was traumatized by the car accident a while ago. For a long time afterward, he would wake up in the middle of the night in a fright and suffer from insomnia. Did you know about this?"

"knew."

Bai Muqing nodded: "During that period, I always saw that my mentor was listless and absent-minded, but recently, I have seen that my mentor's complexion and spirit have recovered."

"Your mentor's insomnia was cured by me."

Looking at Bai Muqing, who was covered in a cold sweat, Gu Heng draped the coat his assistant had handed him over Bai Muqing's shoulders: "The night wind is strong, and you're already weak. You just sweated so much, so wear more clothes so you don't catch a cold."

"Thank you."

Standing in the elevator, facing Gu Heng's sincere and frank gaze, Bai Muqing felt as if a small stone had been thrown into the calm lake in her heart, causing countless ripples to spread.

"It's about respecting teachers and valuing their teachings."

Gu Heng looked into Bai Muqing's beautiful eyes through his silver-rimmed glasses, his gaze slightly aggressive, his voice containing a hint of amusement.

Their eyes met, and Bai Muqing felt her heart beating faster and faster. She even temporarily forgot about the sharp pain emanating from her lower abdomen.

"Ding!"

Only when a crisp sound rang out did the two of them look away.

"Slower."

Gu Heng helped Bai Muqing up and asked softly with concern.

"it is good."

……

Ten minutes later, a pure white Rolls-Royce Cullinan smoothly drove in from the corner of the street with its gray bricks and tiles, and finally came to a stop in front of a detached building that combined glass and wood.

The four gilded characters of "Zhenyuan Shanfang" on the brick-red lintel gleamed softly under the warm yellow spotlights, like a piece of warm beeswax embedded in the plain white wall, making people feel peaceful just by looking at it.

In front of the square Chinese-style gate, the floor-to-ceiling windows on the left and right sides are like two pieces of clear and pure crystal. At this moment, the warm yellow light inside the store shines through the floor-to-ceiling windows onto the street, illuminating this originally dim street corner.

Zhong Hua opened the back door, and Gu Heng got out of the car first. Then he extended a hand into the car so that Bai Muqing, who was unwell, could help him out.

"This is the Zhenyuan Shanfang Satellite Plaza store."

"It's not officially open yet, so strictly speaking, you should be considered the store's first customer."

Gu Heng looked at the shop in front of him, a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.

Compared to the opulent facades of Yanronghui and Zhenhai Shengyan, Zhenyuan Shanfang's design style is Chinese Zen, perfectly blending Eastern aesthetics with modern architecture. Its core design concept is simply natural elegance.

Although the Zhenyuan Shanfang brand flagship store is located in the city, Zhenyuan Shanfang wants to create a sense of inner peace and relaxation for customers through its decoration and layout, allowing them to relax naturally.

Based on this, Zhenyuan Restaurant is very particular about the location of its stores.

Although each brand flagship store is located in the city's core business district, they are not directly exposed on the street. Instead, they adhere to the concept of "great seclusion in the city" and hide their stores among many high-rise buildings.

In an era where "even the best wine needs advertising," if an ordinary brand dared to do this, it would be doomed, with little chance of survival.

However, Zhenyuan Restaurant is different. It is backed by the unparalleled book "Meng Shen's Dietary Classic". Once you have experienced the magic of Zhenyuan Restaurant's medicinal cuisine, Zhenyuan Restaurant will never have to worry about the source of customers in the future.

Although Zhenyuan Restaurant appears to be in the catering industry, it actually functions as a medical clinic.

The key is not that it tastes good, but that it cures diseases.

In this way, the nature of the matter becomes quite different.

You don’t have to eat.

But the illness cannot be left untreated.

Once Zhenyuan Shanfang establishes its reputation and allows many customers to witness the magic of its medicinal cuisine, it will attract a steady stream of customers, even if it were located in the suburbs, let alone in the heart of the city.

of course……

That's the idea, but to avoid causing trouble for consumers, it's best to minimize the hassle.

Opening a store in a prime commercial area may sound expensive, but in reality, as long as you avoid high-profile, high-traffic storefronts on both sides of the street, the rental cost is relatively affordable.

"It's an honour."

When Bai Muqing heard that she was the store's first customer, and seeing that the entire store was serving her alone tonight, she couldn't help but feel flattered.

"Let's go in."

Gu Heng smiled at Bai Muqing, then helped her up the steps.

The moment the two stepped onto the steps, the hidden light strips that were originally concealed beneath the many bluestone steps lit up one after another, making the many bluestone steps seem to be dyed honey color.

"so beautiful."

"How ingenious."

Upon seeing this, Bai Muqing sincerely praised him.

"Slower."

Gu Heng helped Bai Muqing watch her step, showing exceptional consideration.

At this moment, Bai Muqing seemed to have a strange feeling.

It seemed that the younger person wasn't Gu Heng, but her.

The feeling of being cared for, the feeling of being able to rely on, was like a sudden loosening of the grip on her neck, allowing Bai Muqing, who had been supporting the whole family alone since her father suffered a stroke and became paralyzed in bed, to take a deep breath.

After climbing just a few steps, Gu Heng helped Bai Muqing to the front door.

The door opens automatically without needing to knock.

"Welcome, Chairman Gu, for your inspection and guidance!"

Behind the main gate are many employees of Beichun [Zhenyuan Shanfang] Satellite Plaza Store. The woman at the front with short hair and a very capable look is Han Tong, the store manager of this brand's flagship store.

The other party is also a long-time employee of Zhencui Group, having worked there for over seven years. Before being transferred to be the store manager of this branch, he served as the deputy manager of Chaoyu Seafood Buffet Restaurant. He has always been diligent and responsible, and his outstanding performance in the group's "Leadership Program" has propelled him to a higher level in his career.

"Everyone has worked hard."

Facing the crowd lining the way to welcome him, Gu Heng calmly offered his condolences to everyone, then waved his hand, dismissing them to go about their business, leaving only the store manager, Han Tong, by his side.

"Manager Han, please have Consultant Huang come over here."

"My friend suffers from menstrual cramps for years, and she had another attack today."

After dismissing everyone, Gu Heng immediately instructed Han Tong, "Have Consultant Huang take her pulse and then see which prescription is better."

"Ok."

"I'll call Consultant Huang over right now."

"Mr. Gu, please move to the VIP room and wait a moment."

Han Tong gestured for Gu Heng and Bai Muqing to enter, then immediately called Advisor Huang through her earpiece, her movements extremely swift.

"Let's go."

Gu Heng gestured to Bai Muqing, then, with curiosity, she walked inside [Zhenyuan Restaurant]...

(End of this chapter)